Cord attachment.



l. T. ALLIVIAND,

CORD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25. i917.

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JOHN T. ALIIVIANJD, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO FISHER BODY CORPORATION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN T. ALLMAND, a citizen of the United States, residin at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cord Attachments, and -declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable-others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference eing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cord attachments for automobiles, especially to a cord attachment which may be used on the back of thefront seat as a substitute for a robe rail and which allows the detachin of one end of the cord to put the robe in p ace or take it out of place, a very much more convenient operation than endeavorin'g to ,study a heavy robe in between a rigid rail and the' seat.

I-Iowever, I do not wish to` limit myself to a cord used for this purpose as the same cord or similar cord employing some of the deviceshere shown and claimed can be used as v a pull to cord for a door in a closed automobile body.

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Figure 1 is a view of the rear of the seat, showing the cord attachment used as a robe carrier. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation partly in section of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of the base for thel detachable cord end. l

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the detachable end. f

Fig. 5 is a cross section through the detachable end.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through the fixed ferrule on the line 6 6 of Fig.` 2.

Fig. 7 is a perspective of the detachable cordend', viewed from the rear or under side.

The cord, designated a, is impaled within ferrules 'at both ends. Each ferrulev comprises a cap portion b and an impaling plate c. The impaling plate chas points turned up out of the stock to provide impaling members d. On the fixed end ferrule (Fig. 6) the impaling plate c is fastened into fixed relation. with respect to the cap portion by having anges that underlie the ilange'of the cap portion and the two flanges are4 screwed to the support. This appears in Figli.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1917. Serial No. 164,361.

Patented Apr.. 23, TOI.

sions or stamped in portions. The inner endy of the cover plate fr is -provided with a turned-up portion L. The lugs e of the cap y can be turned over into the depression f and this prevents the cover plate sliding relatively to the cap or dropping out of the cap. However, the cover plate is free to move inwardly for a purpose hereafter ,to be described. The cord being of normally larger section than the ferrule cap and forced tliereinto by pressure, it stays in, and also holds the cover plate m in place by its expansive tendency.

The cover plate has a pair of buttons g riveted to it. The heads of these can pass through the enlarged openings j in the base 7c and then slide to the narrow portions Z of these slots, which by reason of being of less diameter than the heads, are arranged to retain the heads from being dropped out of the slots. The buttons are prevented from being slid from the narrow to the large end 'of the openin under ordinary stresses by the friction in uced by the pressure aorded through the cover plate and impaling plate from the distorted cord end. In other words, the two free plates 'in the end of the ferrule in combination with the cord end form a substitute for a spring,` and is a much more economical and a neater article to manufacture than possible if some arrangement had to be made to provide spring pressure.

The cord a. may be covered by any trimming material 3,/ which may be available for the upholstering and hence no difiiculty is experienced in matching up the cord with the special material that may be selected by the purchaser of the car for the upholstery.

l. A cord attachment, having in combination, a cord, a ferrule having one or more buttons which are -movably arranged with respect to the ferrule and are yieldingly projected outward by the distortable cord end, and a base in which the buttons are held in engaged position by the friction induced by the outward projection of said. buttons,\as described.

2. In a cord attachment, the` combination I,

lillO acter of the cord, and a base, comprising a slot or slots of a Width at one end to take the head of the button and a Width at the other end to engage around only the neck Y of the button.

3. A. cord attachment, having in combinav tion, a cord, a ferrule at one end comprising able relative to the cap portion, and a base' in which said buttons engage and held in locked posltion by reason of the friction in- 15 duced by the distorted cord end.

4. In a cord attachment, `the combination of a cord, a ferrule at one end comprising a cap portion, an impaling plate, a cover plate provided with depressions, the said cap 0rvtion being provided with turned-over ugs that engage in the. depressions of the cover plate,'and one or more buttons attached t0 the cover plate, and a base comprising one or more slots of a Width at one end to take the head of the button and a Width at the other end to engage around only the neck of the button.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification.

JOHN II. ALLMAND. 

